Ages 8 to 12 Expand your skills with these focused courses for student artists.
Beginner Ballet class is a wonderful mix of flexibility exercises, ballet at the ballet barre and dance combinations across the floor to increase coordination and musicality. Students perform center combinations of basic dance steps to improve memory and dance skills.
Day and Time: Monday, 5–5:50pm
Instructor: Kim Shope 
Ages: 7-12 years
Course Number: 11G111-F07
Fee: $150
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Day and Time: Wednesday, 5–5:50pm
Instructor: Kim Shope
Ages: 7-12 years
Course Number: 11G112-F07
Fee: $150
Learn basic jazz dance vocabulary and technique focusing on body part isolations. Emphasis is placed on the development of strength, flexibility, coordination, and rhythm. Attire: black leotard, jazz pants, jazz shoes.
Day and Time: Monday 6–6:50pm
Instructor: Jeremiah Bagunu
Course Number: 11G615-F07
Fee: $170
This ballet class for students with 2 -4 years previous dance experience will consist of barre and center exercises with an emphasis on proper technique while encouraging students to learn new steps in a nurturing environment.
Day and Time: Thursday, 5–6:05pm 
Instructor: Kim Shope
Course Number: 11G113-F07
Fee: $150
Learn acting techniques used by the pros! Professional actor Andi Meyer will lead young performers through theatre games and improvisation techniques designed to stimulate the actor's imagination, voice and body. The class concludes with introductory scene and character study.
Day and Time: Monday 5–5:50pm
Instructor: Andi Meyer
Course Number: 12G348-F07
Fee: $170
Building on techniques learned in Acting A, students will continue to develop their skills and delve deeper into character development and scene study. Students will also develop and rehearse monologues and duet scenes. Prerequisite: Acting A or instructor approval.
Day and Time: Monday 6–6:50pm
Instructor: Andi Meyer
Course Number: 12G349-F07
Fee: $170
This choir is designed to create a lively atmosphere for choral training for children ages 8-12 who love to sing. Paula Winans, Director of Education and Children's Chorus Master for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, directs this beginning choir.
Day and Time: Wednesday 4:30–6:30pm
Instructor: Paula Winans
Course Number: 13G120-F07
Fee: $300
An exciting introduction to drawing! Students will create realistic still-life drawings using a variety of materials - pencils, charcoal, stumps, measuring rods, conte crayons, various papers, erasers etc. The class emphasizes drawing techniques such as shading, line, measurement, shape, and contrast.
Day and Time: Tuesday 6–6:50pm 
Instructor: Ashley Bixler
Course Number: 14G111-F07
Fee: $180
Do you love stories and have a wild imagination? Learn to create stories with children’s book author, Susan Clymer. Some of the area’s best writers, storytellers, and songwriters will visit to share how they create with words.
Day and Time: Tuesday 6:00–6:50pm
Instructor: Susan Clymer
Course Number: 15G424-F07
Fee: $170
Intermediate Drawing and Painting
Students will be introduced to color and composition and use colored pencils, pastels, watercolors, and acrylics. Students will work on color and design concepts like hue, intensity, value, balance, unity, and pattern. Prerequisite: Drawing I, Introduction to Painting or instructor approval.
Day and Time: Wednesday 5–5:50pm
Instructor: Ashley Bixler
Course Number: 14G112-F07
Fee: $180